Pennsylvania State Senate District 1

Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Nikil Saval Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Nikil Saval (Democratic) was unopposed, 2024

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Official results for Pennsylvania

History (15 elections for this seat)

Pennsylvania Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticNikil SavalWon	Democratic	109,193100.0%	100.0%

Pennsylvania Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticNikil SavalWon	Democratic	124,514100.0%	100.0%

Pennsylvania Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLawrence M. Farnese Jr.Won(incumbent)	Democratic	114,099100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 116,033
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2013)

Pennsylvania Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLawrence M. Farnese Jr.Won(incumbent)	Democratic	95,61282.4%	82.4%
RepublicanAlfonso Gambone Jr.	Republican	20,42117.6%	17.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 118,425
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2013)

Pennsylvania Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLawrence M. Farnese Jr.Won	Democratic	95,72780.8%	80.8%
RepublicanJack Morley	Republican	22,69819.2%	19.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 112,008
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2013)

Pennsylvania Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticVincent J. FumoWon(incumbent)	Democratic	88,93579.4%	79.4%
RepublicanJohn H. Morley Jr.	Republican	23,07320.6%	20.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 79,991
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Pennsylvania Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticVincent J. FumoWon(incumbent)	Democratic	64,87781.1%	81.1%
RepublicanGeorge Jacob	Republican	15,11418.9%	18.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 72,809
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Pennsylvania Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticVincent J. FumoWon(incumbent)	Democratic	57,26778.7%	78.7%
RepublicanRon A. Reilly	Republican	15,54221.4%	21.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 89,978
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Pennsylvania Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticVincent J. FumoWon(incumbent)	Democratic	67,86675.4%	75.4%
RepublicanKarl H. DeSimone	Republican	22,11224.6%	24.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 92,677
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Pennsylvania Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticVincent J. FumoWon(incumbent)	Democratic	57,46362.0%	62.0%
RepublicanJohn Joseph Damico	Republican	35,21438.0%	38.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 99,331
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Pennsylvania Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticVincent J. FumoWon(incumbent)	Democratic	59,68460.1%	60.1%
RepublicanMario Dadamo Jr.	Republican	39,64739.9%	39.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 59,959
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Pennsylvania Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticVincent J. FumoWon	Democratic	33,92856.6%	56.6%
RepublicanSalvatore Staino	Republican	26,03143.4%	43.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 73,424
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Pennsylvania Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticHenry J. CianfraniWon(incumbent)	Democratic	51,54770.2%	70.2%
RepublicanSuzanne Haney	Republican	21,87729.8%	29.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 81,001
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Pennsylvania Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticHenry J. CianfraniWon(incumbent)	Democratic	48,69360.1%	60.1%
RepublicanLawrence Solomon	Republican	32,30839.9%	39.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 72,416
Election day: November 5, 1968
District map: Older district map (1966 to 1971)

Pennsylvania Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticHenry J. CianfraniWon(incumbent)	Democratic	41,70157.6%	57.6%
RepublicanRobert L. Arangio	Republican	30,71542.4%	42.4%

2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
1968 to 2020: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source

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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.

District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:pa/sldu:1

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026